there is a wide swath of america saying there is nothing out there for me. i'm not looking, i'm not part of these numbers. >> you are right, trace. the bureau of labor stat statiss has another set of numbers. if you take the number of people who have given under the search for jobs, also those who are part-time employed but would like full-time employed, that's 17.4%. the 10% is a gad number about it vastly understates the real u unemployment number in this country. martha: what do we have to look forward to this weekend? >> we'll be talking about this and other political issues. we have the chairs of the two national parties. obviously a lot of things involved in this. you have the announcement by chris dodd and byron dorgan that they will not seek reelection in 2010. you have falling poll numbers for the president and for the democrats. but on the other hand, michael steele has his own problem. you have a rebellion going on among republicans who feel he isn't leading the party. he has a book out, he's promoting that and giving paid speeches. in addition to